GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Genetic exchange drives relatedness of large linear and circular extrachromosomal elements of archaea
Natasha J. Jablonsky, Ling-Dong Shi, Daniela S. Aliaga Goltsman…·Jillian F. Banfield
The paper identifies three new families of archaeal extrachromosomal elements and shows their relatedness is due to horizontal gene transfer, not common ancestry.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.02.756104